Tuesday, November 20, 2018

The Dred Scott of Climate Change?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/juliana-climate-change-case-intergenerational-justice-by-robert-dugger-1-2018-11?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8154a24117-sunday_newsletter_18_11_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-8154a24117-93854061



Trump administration attorneys insist that the case is “nonjusticiable,” meaning that the courts are not the proper venue to resolve the issues in Juliana; even if this was not the case, they continue, the plaintiffs lack standing to sue. The US federal courts from the district level up to the Supreme Court – all of which have already ruled that the case should go to trial – clearly disagree.
There are parallels between Juliana v. United States and the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

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